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20 February 2019

FDF response to CMA provisional findings

FDF response to CMA provisional findings

Please find below the FDF comment on the CMA provisional findings on the
proposed
Sainsbury's/Asda merger.

An FDF spokesperson said:

“We welcome the CMA provisional findings on the proposed Sainsbury's/Asda
merger. We are
pleased to see that the CMA findings reflect the concerns of FDF members that
the proposed merger
would cause a substantial lessening of competition at both a national and local
level. The CMA has
correctly identified a number of issues with the proposed merger and with an
ever more consolidated
grocery market.